Tie holder



0. CARLSON March 15, 1 938.

T IE HOLDER Filed Aug.'51, 1955 Patented Mar. 15, 1938 PATET FFEQE TIE HOLDER Oscar Carison, East Providence, R. 1., assignor to lilolan 2; Bullock, Frovidence, R. 1., a partnership consisting of Arthur S. Dolan, Frederick A. Bullock, and William G. Bennett Application August 31, 1935, Serial No. 38,758

4 Claims.

My present invention relates to jewelry articles, and has particular reference to a novel construction for tie holders.

It is the principal object of my invention to devise a tie holder construction which does not grip the tie firmly and instead holds the tie against lateral movement while permitting vertical movement to accommodate the movements of the wearer.

It is a further object of my invention to provide a tie holder construction which may be readily adjusted for ties of different width so as to snugly hold the tie while presenting an ornamental appearance at all times.

An additional object of my invention is to provide a tie holder construction that has a small number of parts, easily manufactured and assembled, and strong and rigid in use.

With the above and other objects and advantageous features in view, my invention consists of a novel arrangement .of parts more fully disclosed in the detailed description following, in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, and more specifically defined in the claims appended thereto.

7 In the drawing,

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the novel tie holder arrangement, the tie holder parts being in contracted position;

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing the tie holder parts in extended position;

Fig. 3 is a side view of the shirt engaging portion of the tie holder;

Fig. 4 is a rear View of the front shirt engaging element;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the extendible adjusting element shown in Figs. 1 and 2; and

Fig. 6 is an enlarged section of the line 5-6 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing, the novel tie holder arrangement includes a shirt engaging portion it comprising a front element It and a rear element 12, the parts being arranged in the usual manner to resiliently urge the two elements together for releasably engaging a shirt hem therebetween. The elements are preferably formed of wire, the front element having a rearwardly extending hook portion 93 as indicated in Fig. 3, and being secured to the contiguous parts of the rear element by means of a connector l4. As shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4, the front element is formed of two spaced bars [5, and has guide means l6 secured thereto, which preferably consist of two links, bent as indicated in Figs. 4 and 6, and firmly gripping the sections 15, the ends of the links extending inwardly as shown in Fig. 6 to form a runway ll in conjunction with the front portions of the links and the bars 15 in which a slidable member it, see Fig. 5, is seated, this member 18 being preferably composed of wire, shaped as shown, one end being formed as an eye It and the other end being bent over as at 29 to form a stop portion as hereinafter explained.

When the member i8 is mounted in the runway as indicated in Figs. 1, 2 and 6, it may be moved longitudinally with respect to the front portion I 5 until. the end 2t contacts the contiguous. guide link; a flexible ornamental member 21 is attached by any suitable means to the bent portion l3 and to the eye 99, as by connecting rings, spring hooks, or the like. The flexible member may be of any flexible material, and preferably is made of metal chain; it may be ornamented in any desired manner, as by plating, by using connected links of different type, and by mounting suitable ornaments at one or more points along the length thereof.

With the above described construction, the shirt engaging portion it may be detachably secured to a shirt hem, which is gripped between the front portion H and the rear portion l2. The ornamental member depends downwardly so as to permit insertion of the tie holder, whereby the tie is held against lateral movement, but may move vertically to accommodate the movements of the wearer. Different sizes of ties are accommodated by moving the element 28 outwardly, thus widening or contracting the space between the ends of the flexible member.

While I have described a specific constructional embodiment of my invention, it is obvious that changes in the shape of the parts, in the material used for the parts, and in their relative mounting, may be made to suit the requirements for different tie holder constructions without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a tie holder, a shirt engaging portion comprising a front and a rear member, an adjustment member slidably mounted in the front member and formed of wire bent to provide a stop at one end and an eye at the other end, means engageable by said stop for limiting outward movement of the adjustment member, and a flexible member secured at its ends to the front member and the eye of the adjustment member.

2. In a tie holder, a shirt engaging portion comprising a front and a rear member, an adjustment member slidably mounted in the front member and formed of wire bent to provide a stop at one end and an eye at the other end, means engageable by said stop for limiting outward movement of the adjustment member, and. a flexible member secured to one end of the front member and the eye of the adjustment member.

3. In a tie holder, a shirt engaging portion comprising a rear member and a front member, said front member having spaced parts and guide means secured to said spaced parts 'fOrming a runway, an adjustment member slidably mounted in said runway and formed of wire bent to provide an eye at one end, and a flexible member secured at its ends to the front member and the eye of the adjustment member.

4. In a tie holder, a shirt engaging portion comprising a rear member and a front member, said front member having spaced parts and guide means secured to said spaced parts forming a runway, an adjustment member slidably mounted in said runway and formed of wire bent to provide a stop at one end and an eye at the other end, said adjustment member stop being engageable with said guide means, and a flexible member secured at its ends to the front member and the eye of the adjustment member.

OSCAR CARLSON. 

